Bike The Drive Has Second Biggest Year Ever, With 21,000 Cyclists Participating

By Jon Graef in News on May 25, 2014 6:00PM

Thousands of bicyclists take to Lake Shore Drive every Memorial Day weekend for the MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive. (Photo credit: iitichai)

WBBM reports that 21,000 cyclists took part in Bike the Drive which, according to organizers, would make it Bike the Drive's second biggest year total. Not too shabby, considering registration was slow.

Lots of people signed up last minute, naturally.

This year's Bike the Drive, the 13th, looked like an absolute blast:

A picture perfect day for @activetrans #bikethedrive, looking north towards #Chicago's skyline, from 51st St. pic.twitter.com/zmUGraoJKj

— Hyde Park CHI (@HydePark_CHI) May 25, 2014

Check out a dance party:

Spontaneous Dance Party! I love #bikethedrive with @activetrans Cc: @ClifBar #bikethedrive pic.twitter.com/vRwXJZcGEn

— Linor (@linovino) May 25, 2014

WGN has video of this morning's ride:

Hope you had fun!